Job description

The Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate FP&A, supports enterprise-wide financial planning, reporting, analysis, and decision support. The role partners with Finance and cross-functional stakeholders to develop forecasts, analyze performance, identify risks and opportunities, and translate financial data into clear business insights. The Senior Financial Analyst builds and maintains financial models, prepares management reporting, and supports business cases and strategic initiatives. Through strong analytical capability, attention to detail, and effective collaboration, the role helps improve financial performance and enables informed decision-making. Support financial performance management for assigned businesses and functions by analyzing results, identifying risks and opportunities, and translating findings into actionable recommendations. Build effective partnerships with business leaders and cross-functional teams to understand business drivers, validate assumptions, and support informed decisions. Improve financial acumen across partner teams by connecting operational and commercial activities to financial outcomes and clearly communicating key performance drivers. Facilitate alignment across corporate functions, surface conflicting assumptions, and influence action without formal authority. Responsible to support stakeholder readiness, adoption, and sustained use of new tools, processes, and reporting standards. Develop financial models and business cases to evaluate strategic initiatives, customer and product opportunities, pricing decisions, capital investments, and other growth or productivity opportunities. Perform scenario, sensitivity, cost-benefit, and return analyses, and track performance and value realization against approved assumptions and financial commitments. Translate enterprise strategy into functional financial targets, choices, and measurable outcomes. Support annual planning, budgeting, monthly forecasting, and long-range planning activities for assigned businesses and functions. Build and maintain driver-based financial models incorporating volume, pricing, margin, operating expenses, headcount, working capital, and other relevant business assumptions. Analyze actual and forecast performance against plan, prior forecast, prior year, and strategic targets; identify variances, root causes, trends, and key business drivers. Partner with stakeholders to quantify actions that address performance gaps or capture opportunities, including financial impact, timing, dependencies, and expected results. Prepare accurate and timely management reporting, variance analysis, and decision-support materials that clearly communicate performance, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. Drive team standards for developing and monitoring KPIs, scorecards, and dashboards; analyze revenue, margins, costs, profitability, productivity, and other financial and operational performance drivers. Collaborate across FP&A, Accounting, Operations, Commercial, Supply Chain, and other functions to strengthen reporting, forecasting, data quality, controls, and analytical processes. Education Bachelor s Degree OR equivalent experience. Experience 6 years of relevant experience. Experience in financial analysis with demonstrated experience in financial modeling, what-if scenarios, ad-hoc analysis, and process improvement. Experience in financial planning and analysis, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, or related corporate finance activities. Experience analyzing business performance, explaining financial variances, and translating quantitative findings into actionable insights for business stakeholders. Experience working with financial systems, enterprise planning tools, business intelligence platforms, and large or complex data sets preferred. Experience in a manufacturing, food, agriculture, consumer products, or similarly complex operating environment preferred. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Strong understanding of financial statements, business drivers, and the financial implications of commercial and operational decisions. Strong capabilities in financial analysis, modeling, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and variance analysis. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and the ability to work effectively with financial systems, planning platforms, business intelligence tools, and complex data sets. Ability to evaluate assumptions, identify trends and root causes, assess risks and opportunities, and develop practical recommendations. Ability to build credibility with stakeholders, ask effective questions, constructively challenge assumptions, and support decisions with objective financial analysis. Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex financial concepts clearly to financial and non-financial audiences. Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to data integrity, sound financial controls, and high-quality analytical outputs. Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and deliver accurate work in a dynamic, matrixed environment. Ability to work effectively across functions and contribute to improvements in reporting, planning, data, tools, and Finance processes. Ability to quickly develop knowledge of the business, industry, systems, and evolving FP&A practices. Language Travel ~10% travel required Physical Demands and Working Conditions Location: Denver CO Address: 1875 Lawrence Street, Denver CO, 80202 Additional Locations (if applicable): Employment Type: Full time Additional Information: Competitive Compensation: We provide market-driven base pay, based on skills, abilities, and level of experiences. Our salary ranges are broad, and individual salary will be market competitive based on a candidate’s unique set of skills and level of experience. The starting range for this position is $107,700.00 - $129,400.00, with additional earning potential possible commensurate with experience. Additionally, we believe that our team members are the reason for our success and all team members are incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and individual results achieved. While the specific bonus plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions, the targeted bonus plan and targeted percentage amount for this role is Bonus - MIP, 10% Annual. Benefits: At Ardent Mills we offer a wide range of benefits to our team members and their eligible family members. Some of our great benefit programs you may be eligible for include: • Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage• Health and Dependent Savings Accounts • Life and Disability Programs • Voluntary Benefit Programs • Company Sponsored Wellness Programs • Retirement Savings with Company Match • Team Member and Family Assistance Program (EAP) • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays • Employee Recognition Program with Rewards (RAVE). Application Deadline: 12/22/2026 12/22/2026 EEO Commitment: At Ardent Mills, everyone matters and everyone has a voice. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and team members and the decisions will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, age, political affiliation, or any other non-merit characteristic protected by law or not. Together, celebrating our differences, we make Ardent Mills. The preceding position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ardent Mills. En Ardent Mills, todos importan y todos tienen voz. Estamos comprometidos a brindar un ambiente de respeto mutuo donde haya igualdad de oportunidades disponibles para todos los solicitantes y miembros del equipo y las decisiones se basarán en el mérito, la competencia, el desempeño y las necesidades comerciales. Estamos orgullosos de ser un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. No discriminamos por motivos de raza, color, religión, credo, origen nacional, ascendencia, estado civil, sexo, orientación sexual, identidad o expresión de género, discapacidad física o mental, embarazo, información genética, condición de veterano, edad, política. afiliación, o cualquier otra característica no meritoria protegida por ley o no. Juntos, celebrando nuestras diferencias, formamos Ardent Mills. La descripción del puesto anterior ha sido diseñada para indicar la naturaleza general y los deberes y responsabilidades esenciales del trabajo realizado por los empleados dentro de este puesto. Es posible que no contenga un inventario completo de todos los deberes, responsabilidades y calificaciones requeridas de los empleados en este puesto. La descripción, los deberes, las funciones y las responsabilidades están sujetos a cambios a discreción de Ardent Mills. Role Designation Ardent Mills is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. This role follows a hybrid work arrangement and will be based in the assigned work location. The successful candidate will be expected to work in person from their assigned office location two days per week (Tuesday and Wednesday), except when traveling for business. Recruitment Fraud Disclaimer : At Ardent Mills, the security of our employees and candidates is a priority. We will never request sensitive information such as your bank account information, social security number, or other non-publicly available information during the application and interview process. If someone asks you for sensitive information, we strongly advise that you assume that individual is not affiliated with Ardent Mills. Some things to watch out for: Slightly altered or unprofessional email addresses. Ardent Mills’ Recruitment team only corresponds from email addresses with the domain first.last.talent ardentmills.com or first.last ardentmills.com . Vague job requirements or job descriptions. Our open job opportunities and descriptions can be found at ardentmillscareers.com

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Must-haves

Support financial performance management for assigned businesses and functions by analyzing results, identifying risks and opportunities, and translating findings into actionable recommendations.
Build effective partnerships with business leaders and cross-functional teams to understand business drivers, validate assumptions, and support informed decisions.
Improve financial acumen across partner teams by connecting operational and commercial activities to financial outcomes and clearly communicating key performance drivers.
Facilitate alignment across corporate functions, surface conflicting assumptions, and influence action without formal authority.
Responsible to support stakeholder readiness, adoption, and sustained use of new tools, processes, and reporting standards.
Develop financial models and business cases to evaluate strategic initiatives, customer and product opportunities, pricing decisions, capital investments, and other growth or productivity opportunities.
Perform scenario, sensitivity, cost-benefit, and return analyses, and track performance and value realization against approved assumptions and financial commitments.
Translate enterprise strategy into functional financial targets, choices, and measurable outcomes.
Support annual planning, budgeting, monthly forecasting, and long-range planning activities for assigned businesses and functions.
Build and maintain driver-based financial models incorporating volume, pricing, margin, operating expenses, headcount, working capital, and other relevant business assumptions.
Analyze actual and forecast performance against plan, prior forecast, prior year, and strategic targets; identify variances, root causes, trends, and key business drivers.
Partner with stakeholders to quantify actions that address performance gaps or capture opportunities, including financial impact, timing, dependencies, and expected results.
Prepare accurate and timely management reporting, variance analysis, and decision-support materials that clearly communicate performance, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
Drive team standards for developing and monitoring KPIs, scorecards, and dashboards; analyze revenue, margins, costs, profitability, productivity, and other financial and operational performance drivers.
Collaborate across FP&A, Accounting, Operations, Commercial, Supply Chain, and other functions to strengthen reporting, forecasting, data quality, controls, and analytical processes.
Bachelor s Degree OR equivalent experience.
6 years of relevant experience.
Experience in financial analysis with demonstrated experience in financial modeling, what-if scenarios, ad-hoc analysis, and process improvement.
Experience in financial planning and analysis, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, or related corporate finance activities.
Experience analyzing business performance, explaining financial variances, and translating quantitative findings into actionable insights for business stakeholders.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Strong understanding of financial statements, business drivers, and the financial implications of commercial and operational decisions.

Nice-to-haves

Experience working with financial systems, enterprise planning tools, business intelligence platforms, and large or complex data sets preferred.
Experience in a manufacturing, food, agriculture, consumer products, or similarly complex operating environment preferred.

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Dental

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Paid Time Off

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